I WAS pleased to hear that the Hellens Group are bringing forward the Aldi proposals to regenerate the bottom half of the Festival Walk shopping mall, in Spennymoor, by demolishing a large part of the site and moving from their existing store, situated near to the town hall.

I was involved with the introduction of Aldi to Spennymoor some 20 years ago, while serving on Sedgefield Borough Council and welcome the input Aldi has put into the town’s economy.

I hope that the Hellens Group expedite this demolition and relocation of Aldi onto a more open site with more car parking spaces.

I still would like a more bolder plan for the whole of Festival Walk that connects the wide High Street with traditional shops.

Ben Ord, Spennymoor